commentary...

i honestly believe that Detroit played their best period of the 2011 playoffs,in third period,tonight... they were out-played most of this game,but yet never gave up,in this game that they had to have,and played tough defense,in third period,and played their best overall offensive period,in playoffs,tonight... i believe that San Jose got off to a 3-1 lead in game,early in third period,and honestly they thought had the Red Wings on the spit,ready to barbecue,and eat for dinner,when they let off the pedal,like the Red Wings have done,at critical times,in this entire season,and the Red Wings took advantage of the misstep,by the Sharks... the Sharks lead in this series,and should win,but their overall playoff record,is not that good,but the fact is that five one goal games,have been in this series,three overtime games,and the Red Wings have played two solid,but grinding games to get back in series... you may get your wish of a game seven,in this series,but will the pressure,of a game seven,get to the Sharks? if it goes seven,the Sharks may rue the fact that they let the 3-1 lead slip away,tonight,because the Red Wings were let off the spit,and history may say that the Sharks will win,because it is so rare,but let me tell you something:all three teams who came back from a 0-3 deficit,to win series,4-3,in NHL history,were very very dangerous offensive teams,but had luck go their way,too,but they could score goals,and Antti Niemi has not looked too good,in last two third periods,in games four and five... Jimmy Howard basically kept the Red Wings,in game,for the Red Wings,by stopping 42 shots,and giving up only three goals,with spectacular saves,in first two periods... Jonathan Ericsson,Niclas Kronwall,Danny Cleary,and Tomas Holmstrom scored goals,and Pavel Datsyuk had three assists,with a sore wrist,and the Red Wings used near-perfect defense,and clamped down on the Sharks,and earning a hard-fought win,away from the Sharks,in third period,so if it goes seven games,what will San Jose do? finish off the Red Wings,or simply crumble under the pressure,of a seven game series... the Red Wings can not play the way they played in game two,or in the first two periods,of game three,because if they do play that way,they will lose quite badly... even though Sharks lead 3-2,in games,they do not have the momentum in the series,and what i said earlier,it may still be a steel cage match in this series,with a barn-burner,in Detroit,and maybe,just maybe,a final steel cage match of a game,in San Jose,in game seven,and until last year,they were known,as a team that basically folded under pressure(not making it out of the second round,the previous four years,before last year),so what do they do,in game seven? experience says that Red Wings would have advantage,in that case,but history says that the Sharks should win,but who knows?